A Penny for Your Thoughts
“Obviously, there was something fishy about that $250,000 loan. Was there really a building they wanted to buy? And, if not, had Wendell lied to Tom—or had Tom misled me?I knew the place to start answering those questions was with a phone call to Tom, but I hesitated. Our relationship depended on an enormous amount of trust on both sides: him, trusting me to analyze our grant recipients carefully; and me, trusting him enough to take all that he presented to me at face value. Perhaps my questioni...ng of him would cause bigger problems later than the ones it would solve now.No, I needed to approach this from some other direction first, analyzing the less disturbing possibility that Wendell Smythe had lied to Tom. Perhaps there was no building. Certainly, Gwen knew more than she was telling.I changed direction, strolling toward the desk of Tina, one of my lunchroom companions. I had seen her earlier closer to the front, and I went there now, nonchalantly pausing at the entrance to her cubicle.MoreLess
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